Solar eclipse fever hits Richmond

🚘 Lauren D. is driving 16 hours to Arkansas to an Airbnb she booked last year. She also traveled to South Carolina for the 2017 eclipse.

🧺 Sue M. is headed to San Antonio, Texas, with a plan to pack chairs and a picnic lunch on "roads less traveled."

💒 Another reader will be in central Texas at a wedding purposefully planned to be during the eclipse.

⛵️ Emily M. and Cezar C. are catching totality on Lake Erie in Pennsylvania.

🐶 Amber D. is taking her pups Jack and Diane to Niagara Falls.

Fun fact: Short-term rental searches for April 5-8 along the solar eclipse path surged 1,000% compared to this time last year, according to Airbnb data.

• Texas — specifically Dallas, Austin and San Antonio — is the prime eclipse destination, per AAA booking data.

Go deeper: How to see the total solar eclipse in Virginia.